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U.S. Supreme Court to Judge Drug-Sniffing K9s

Does the Fourth Amendment Protect Us From Dogs Without Warrants?

There must have been a point in my life when I thought, “Dogs can sniff out drugs? No way.” Some distant point in my youth I no longer recall. Seems a socially accepted truth these days. So it may surprise some that the question, in part, is now before the U.S. Supreme Court — casting doubt on the training of the dogs and how well they do their jobs, and whether the Fourth Amendment, the one that protects us from unreasonable search and seizure, should be able to stop them from doing their jobs at all. “Dogs make mistakes. Dogs err,” lawyer Glen P. Gifford told the justices during argument in October. “Dogs get excited and will alert to things like tennis balls in trunks or animals, that sort of thing.” However, Justice Department lawyer …

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Supreme Court Approves Early Voting in Ohio During Weekend Before Elections

The high court decided against Ohio Republican-backed law to restrict early voting during the first weekend of November

Ohio voters who want to cast their ballots the weekend before Election Day will face no restrictions. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday decided against issuing an order that would have ended the early voting period before the first weekend in November, NBC News reported. President Barack Obama's campaign pushed for voters to be able to hit the polls and won an appeal in the the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to block a law that would have limited the period. Ohio Secretary of State John Husted refused to enforce the appellate court decision, but the U.S. Supreme Court came down with a one-line decision against the Republican-backed effort to limit early voting. "The application for stay presented to Justice [Elena] Kagan and by her …

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Chris

10:18 am on Sunday, November 4, 2012

When did Bush promise to give you a life long job? You didn't plan, you didn't build marketable skills, you didn't give 100% and you blame other people. And we wonder why this nation is in the crapper. It will be okay. Obama promised jobs. If not, you can keep getting checks and a free cell phone until it runs out.   more ›